Site Manager – Scotland Central

Nadara; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Nadara, a leading renewable energy company, seeks a Site Manager for Scotland Central. This role involves overseeing the performance of renewable energy assets, ensuring safety, managing contractors, and maintaining high standards in operations. Ideal candidates will have a background in engineering and experience in the renewables industry.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years managing onshore wind farms.
• Knowledge of industry best practices for documentation, monitoring, and reporting.
• PV plant experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the safe and optimal performance of renewable energy assets.
• Manage contractors for planned and corrective maintenance.
• Conduct regular audits and inspections for QHSE compliance.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Fault analysis

Scheduling and planning

Education

Background in Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil construction

2-5 years in the Renewables Industry

Project Management experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

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R0001281 Site Manager – Scotland Central (Open)

We’re Nadara. We work harmoniously with the power of nature and the communities around us to power lifetimes to come. We call our approach ‘living energy’.

We don’t just produce renewable energy, we live it – recognising our relationship with the people touched by our business and supporting social, educational, cultural, and environmental initiatives that contribute to the development of the communities we work alongside.

Discover more about our business here: https://nadara.com/about/

Nadara is an innovative place to work. We work in a stimulating and challenging environment, where every day we explore the unknown with curiosity, make decisions with quality, and take action and deliver with courage. For us, diversity is a real value, and we encourage connecting different perspectives with respect.

Discover more about our culture and approach here: https://nadara.com/living-the-company/

Job Description Summary

Nadara is a global renewable energy company and one of Europe’s largest independent power producers. In the UK, Nadara has over 1GW of operational onshore wind.

As a vital member of the Asset Management Team, reporting to the Area Manager for the allocated area, you will oversee the safe and optimal performance of renewable energy assets. The role involves managing contractors to execute planned and corrective maintenance within specified time, quality, and cost parameters across your designated region. As Site Manager, you will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of power plants, ensuring that internal procedures are followed and that suppliers are in line with best practices within the sector, promoting health and safety at work.

Location

This is a remote role. The candidate must be based in Scotland Central.

Key Responsibilities

HSQE (Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental):

• Ensure the safety of all personnel on site, adhering to regulations and legislation.
• Uphold effective HSQE standards across the wind farm portfolio under your management.
• Conduct regular audits and inspections of contractors for QHSE compliance.
• Document safety incidents promptly, investigate as needed, provide recommendations and ensure the implementation of the agreed improvements.
• Lead emergency planning with regular exercises to verify its effectiveness.

Technical

• Oversee and coordinate site O&M service activities, ensuring the reconciliation of O&M reported metrics and the respect of QHSE standards.
• Operate the plant(s) with a focus on availability maximizing the generation.
• Monitor the asset KPIs and provide daily notices and structured info about the asset operational status, maintenance plans, and downtime events to all relevant internal stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot and support investigation/RCAs of complex technical issues; activate all required internal stakeholders to ensure proper specialized engagement to reduce turbine downtimes and react appropriately. Participate in fault finding and rectification where possible.
• Perform frequent site quality inspections on all installed machines and relevant equipment; generate reports and punch lists for QHSE and service quality tracking; ensure follow-up and implementation of remedial works. When required, operate systems and relevant equipment (especially HV/LV equipment) and perform minor corrective maintenance activities to improve asset performance.
• Obtain authorization under HV safety rules and coordinate component exchanges.
• Plan and implement preventive maintenance, manage statutory checks and corrective maintenance, minimizing asset or generation unit downtimes.
• Collaborate with Asset Excellence to plan and implement performance improvement actions and support project delivery.
• Identify and mitigate risks impacting performance targets.
• Investigate major outages to prevent re-occurrence and ensure lessons learned.
• Collaborate in value-added projects to monitor asset efficiency, ensuring correct installation and operation of equipment.

Commercial

• Deliver works within defined budgets, maximizing profitability.
• Generate PRs/POs for goods and services, ensuring business continuity with support from Procurement and using company systems.
• Manage wind farms within budget expectations, communicate variances.
• Contribute to annual budgets for operating and capital expenditures.
• Focus on performance improvements to enhance profitability without compromising safety or quality.

Contractor Management

• Maintain high standards in contractor performance and stakeholder engagement.
• Implement work plans emphasizing efficient turbine generation.
• Foster relationships with key stakeholders through regular communication.
• Conduct frequent contractor audits to ensure governance against contract deliverables.
• Oversee project management for on-time, on-budget delivery with minimal site impact.

Reporting

• Produce monthly operational reports on Asset Management activities and performance.
• Work with Operational Analysts to address turbine performance issues.
• Provide inputs for business cases and technical reports for knowledge sharing and improvement.

On-Call Responsibilities

• Participate in a rotational on-call system within the area.
• Be available for site attendance outside regular hours.
• Support site remotely for instructions related to market operations and energy management.

Competencies & Behaviours

• Focus on health and safety, with knowledge of UK legislation.
• Make effective decisions under pressure.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Work independently, ideally remotely.
• Be adaptable and eager to learn.

Skills & Knowledge

• Strong communication skills.
• Fault analysis and corrective action planning.
• Scheduling and planning skills.
• Experience with O&M service companies and HV/LV equipment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and SharePoint.

Relevant Experience

• 2-5 years managing onshore wind farms.
• Knowledge of industry best practices for documentation, monitoring, and reporting.
• PV plant experience is a plus.

Education & Qualifications

• Background in Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil construction.
• 2-5 years in the Renewables Industry.
• Project Management experience.

Travel Requirements

Regular travel within the area and potential European travel for training.

Location

Edinburgh.

Time Type

Full-time.

Worker Subtype

Regular.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level.

Employment type

• Full-time.

Job function

• Project Management and Information Technology.